Tent and attachment



(No Model.)

E. M. TURNER.

TENT AND ATTACHMENT.

No. 415,826. Patented Nov. 26, I889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

EPRAIM MERAL TURNER, or ronr WORTH, TEXAS.

TENT AND ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,826, dated November 26, 1889.

Serial No. 319,118. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPRAIM MERAL TUR- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Tents; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tents; and ithas for its object to provide a tent-frame in such a manner that it may be readily folded into small compass, and which when extended for use will be very strong and serviceable.

The invention consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement,

and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The-invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tent frame or support, sh own in full lines as extended in position for use and in dotted lines as folded up ready for trans portation or storage. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection through the head-block or cap. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail showing the connection between one of the rafters and its support.

liike letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the different views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a suitable headblock or cap, beneath the upper face of which are the recesses a, between the side walls of which the ends of the rafters are designed to be pivoted. These rafters are designated by the letter B and their pivots by the letter Z). In the central portion of the cap is a hole 0 to receive the flag staff or other like pole, which should be detachably inserted in said hole in any suitable manner to provide for its removal when the tent is taken down.

The number of recesses a and of rafters B may be varied to suitthe circumstances, four being shown in the. drawings. The ends of the rafters, which are pivoted within the said recesses, are each formed upon two different angles, designated in the drawings by the letters (Z and e, the incline or angle 8 being such that when the rafters are extended it will have a broad bearing against the central portion or hub of the cap A, as shown at the left of Fig. 2, to relieve the pivot of strain, the outer face of said hub being slightly tapered, as shown, to assist in the accomplishment of this end, the longer incline (1 being provided for the purpose of preventing friction of the parts as the rafters are raised and lowered and avoiding sharp corners when the rafters are folded, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

D are the supports or wall-poles, each of which is hinged to a rafter at the other end thereof by means of a hinge f, which is ar ranged upon the under side of the joint between the two parts and seated in a recess therein, as shown, so as to allow of the parts being folded closely one upon the other, so that the whole frame may be readily folded into the position in which it is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ends of the sup ports or wall-poles are preferably sharpened to aid in their being driven into the ground. The ends of the rafters which are hinged to the wall-poles are out upon such angles that when the parts are in their operative position, as shown in Fig. 3, the under side of the end of the rafter will have a flat bearing on the top of the pole and its vertical edge will be flush and in line with the edge of the pole, as shown in said Fig. 3.

E are brace or guy ropes attached to the wall-poles by means of screw-eyes or other suitable means and to stakes F, driven into the ground, as shown.

What I claim as new is- The combination, with the cap A, having tapered central portion or hub and recesses a, of the rafters pivoted in the walls of said recesses and having their ends formed with a short incline or bevel e and a longer and difhereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ferent incline or bevel cl, substantially as EPRAIM MERAL TURNER 5 shown and described, and for the purpose WVitnessesz' specified. R. B. MORGAN,

In testimony that I claim the above I have XV. O. SEYFREIDT. 

